Type: Chapter

Advances in understanding and improving the role of enzymes in poultry nutrition

Author Bogden Slominski

University of Manitoba

Publication date:

30 September 2016

ID: 9781838792107

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Table of contents

1 Introduction 2 Phytase in poultry diets: enzyme efficacy, phytate and non-phytate phosphorus contents and environmental impacts 3 Non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and NSP enzymes: physiological effects, multi-carbohydrase enzymes and prebiotic potential 4 b-Mannanase in poultry nutrition 5 Starch digestion and supplemental a-amylase 6 Microbial protease supplementation 7 Concluding remarks 8 Where to look for further information 9 References